Improvement in sleeve-buttons



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JACOB G. MISSIMER, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT |N SLEEVE-BUTTONS.

Specilication forming part of LettersPatent No. 166,543, dated August10, 1875; application filed June 19, 1875.

To all 'whom it may concern: A

Be it known that I, JACOB Gr. MISSIMER, of Trenton, county of Mercer andState of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Iniproveinent inSleeve-Buttons, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a side view of one of iny improved buttons greatly enlargedand partly in section, the parts being shown in their position when inuse. Fig. 2 is the saine View as Fig. 1, but ,showing the parts inposition for being applied Aand removed. Fig. 3 is a gietailcross-section taken through the line w w,

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention will first be described in connection with drawing, andthen pointed out in the claim.

A is the head of the button, and B is the shank. The shank B is bent atright angles to form a foot, b. In the outer side of the foot Zi isformed a wide dovetailed groove, to receive a bar, c, which is madetwice the length of the foot. To the inner side of the foot b', near itsouter end, is attached the outer end of a spring, D, to the inner end ofwhich, near the shank B, is attached a point or catch, d', which passesthrough a hole in the foot b', and projects so as to enter a hole iiithe bar G and lock it in place when arranged i'or securing the button inthe buttonhole, but which, when the bar C is pushed longitudinally, willyield and allow said bar C to slide into the position shown in Fig. 2.

In using the button the bar C is slid into the position shown in Fig. 2.The end of' the bar C and the foot b are pushed through the button-hole,which allows the shank to pass into the said button-hole. The bar C isthen pushed forward into the position shown in Fig. l, where it islocked by the spring-catch D. To detach the button a finger is insertedbeneath the cuff, and the bar G is pushed back, and the foot and bar aredrawn out of the button-hole. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentv A button having the face-plate or head A and theshank B, with the single foot b at a right angle to it, in combinationwiththe spring-catch D and perforated slide-bar G, substantially as andfortlie purpose specified.

J. G. MISSIMER. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

J. N. DEGNEM, A. S. JEEFERIES.

